{"id":3054,"date":"2018-02-19T07:29:29","date_gmt":"2018-02-19T12:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/?p=3054"},"modified":"2018-02-19T08:15:09","modified_gmt":"2018-02-19T13:15:09","slug":"new-wendell-main-ems-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/new-wendell-main-ems-station\/","title":{"rendered":"New EMS Station in Wendell"},"content":{"rendered":"

Update 8:14 a.m. – Corrected to note that Eastern Wake EMS will exclusively occupy the facility.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Wake County is building a new EMS station\u00a0at 3001 Wendell Boulevard, which is across the street-and-to-the-right from the fire station. It will replace the current Wendell Main EMS Station, located downtown. Construction is nearing completion. Lee Wilson took this photo this weekend:<\/p>\n

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Lee Wilson photo<\/p>\n

The 4,231 square-foot building will be equipped with three ambulance bays and eleven parking places. The 0.95 acre site is located at 3001 Wendell Boulevard.\u00a0The $1.7M building was designed by Williard Stewart Caliendo Architects.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It will occupied by Eastern Wake EMS, which currently utilizes the old Wendell Rescue Squad building at 401 E. Third Street. That 4,080 square-foot structure was built in 1974, and will be retained by Eastern Wake EMS as an administration facility.<\/p>\n

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See larger version of rendering and floor plan on the\u00a0county’s project page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Project Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here’s a project summary, from this county’s project page<\/a>:<\/p>\n

On May 12,\u00a02016, Wake County closed on a 0.95-acre tract of land located at 3001 Wendell Blvd., Wendell, for the purpose of building a new EMS station that would serve the Town of Wendell and provide improved response times to the target coverage area.<\/div>\n
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On July 18, 2016, the Wake County Board of Commissioners approved the schematic design for the new EMS station, composed of 4,231 SF, including 3 single-length ambulance bays, room to house a peak load unit, a 24-hour response unit,\u00a0and an\u00a0Advance Practice Paramedic vehicle.\u00a0Eastern Wake EMS will also [exclusively] occupy and operate EMS units from this location.<\/div>\n
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On January 17, 2017, the Wake County Board of Commissioners approved a construction contract with Cadet Construction Company of Raleigh\u00a0to construct the new facility along with all of the necessary site improvements.<\/div>\n